(G) Wouldn't start this morning!

Linda was going out this morning and tried to start the car, she depressed the clutch as per the handbook instructions [why do you need to do that?] didn't press the throttle, tried about 3 times it wouldn't fire, on the next try she depressed the throttle and it fired up. We thought you didn't need to give it any gas on startup is this correct? any ideas what happened or is it just one of those things It just seemed ok when she gave it gas.

The clutch is depressed to reduce the drag of the gearbox when turning the engine over. In the past I had cars which needed various amounts of throttle to start, although most modern cars seem to need no throttle. How many miles has it done?

When I first got my car once or twice I had the same problem. I'm sure I read on here that if you turn the key once and you can hear the fuel pump start and stop once it's stopped try and start it. I've done this since I read about it and the car has never failed to start first time. May be worth a try

will try it, done about 200 miles only

yeah I normally wait for all the whirrs and clicks to stop before I start the engine. car has performed faultless since day one